Harnessing solar energy continues to be a challenging and inefficient process.  New research led by the Head of the School of Physics at TCD and Principal Investigator at the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Professor John Donegan, has uncovered a new approach to increasing light efficiency by emulating the photosynthetic craft of plants, algae and bacteria by using quantum dots which are inorganic nanocrystals.  The research, which was recently published in the leading German based chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie International, involved international collaboration with a team of Spanish, French and Russian scientists. Read more..